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Re: Announcing TypeScript 2.2

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Post by kakarot » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 8:36 PM UTC

kwood wrote: post #119

kakarot wrote: post #110

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IntelliJ has all of those things. I'm not sure you understood my question. I use Webstorm daily, I'm using it this very moment. I was asking about VSCode and where it falls between IntelliJ and N++.

I understood the question – and that IntelliJ has all of those things is exactly the point I was trying to make. You get most of the features from a heavyweight IDE, but they managed to get the architecture incredibly lightweight so you can use it as a "daily driver" editor as well. It is snappy enough to quickly edit some configuration or Markdown files (with live preview and clickable links), it has text based conf…

Oh ok, I just didn't understand your answer. My apologies!

Re: Announcing TypeScript 2.2

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Post by kakarot » Thu, Feb 23, 2017, 8:41 PM UTC

lenkite wrote: post #113

kakarot wrote: post #110

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IntelliJ has all of those things. I'm not sure you understood my question. I use Webstorm daily, I'm using it this very moment. I was asking about VSCode and where it falls between IntelliJ and N++.

I also use WebStorm. But VScode is lightweight, starts up in two seconds and typescript support is always up2date with the latest typescript release. Changing user/language preferences in VSCode is a breeze as you simple open and edit the settings files with rich language support and intellisense. WebStorm requires you to open that horrible application modal Settings dialog. VSCode is also highly responsive compared…

Yeah Webstorm's got a killer refactoring engine.

When I first began using it the lag made it unusable. I'm talking up to 2000ms delay for visual feedback on my typing. Somehow that resolved itself over time though, and with my newer rig it's actually pretty damn snappy. It only takes about 15-20 seconds to spin up a virtual machine and launch Webstorm. I can't imagine how quick VSCode might be for me. I'll have to try it out tonight, everyone here has convinced me it's worth checking out.

Re: Announcing TypeScript 2.2

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Post by dotancohen » Thu, Mar 02, 2017, 8:55 AM UTC

SquareWheel wrote: post #58

kakarot wrote: post #49

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The price gets lower each year for the first few years you renew your license. My company pays for my license but I think it's hella worth it and I'd pay it on my own if I had to. I avoid VS like the plague and I've never really felt at home in an IDE until I started using IntelliJ. It's the only thing that was able to get me off of Notepad++

I also avoid VS, but VSCode is nothing at all like its big brother. It's actually very quick and lean. If you're interested in TypeScript at all, the two were made for each other. I'd suggest giving it a try. Just note it's closer to a text editor with IDE functionality, rather than a full-blown IDE itself.

> I also avoid VS, but VSCode is nothing at all like its big brother. It's actually very quick and lean.

VSCode is an Electron app, that means that it is written in Javascript and HTML5. Electron apps are notoriously resource intensive even though their UI is typically responsive. Watch your CPU usage spike and battery life plummet as you use Electron apps.

Even the Slack messaging client (another Electron app) can spike a CPU under certain circumstances. And that is a simple messaging client that doesn't have to parse and markup code like an IDE does.